James Cromwell
Biography
James Oliver Cromwell (born January 27, 1940) is an American film and television actor. He is best known for his role as Dr. Zefram Cochrane in “Star Trek: First Contact,” as well as his roles in “Babe,” “L.A. Confidential,” and “Spider-Man 3.” He has been nominated for an Oscar, three Emmy Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards during his career. Cromwell was born in Los Angeles, California and was raised in Manhattan, New York. He was adopted by actress Kay Johnson and actor, director and producer John Cromwell, who was blacklisted during the McCarthy era. He was educated at The Hill School, Middlebury College and Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University), where he studied engineering. Like both his parents, he was drawn to the theater, doing everything from Shakespeare to experimental plays. He has long been an advocate of leftist causes. In an October 2008 interview, he strongly attacked the Republican Party and the George W. Bush administration, saying their controversial foreign policy would "either destroy us or the entire planet." He became a vegetarian in 1974 after seeing a stockyard in Texas and experiencing the "smell, terror and anxiety." He became an ethical vegan while playing the character of Farmer Hoggett in the movie Babe in 1995. He frequently speaks out on issues regarding animal cruelty for PETA, largely the treatment of pigs. Cromwell was married to Anne Ulvestad from 1976 to 1986. They had three children. He married his second wife, Julie Cobb, on May 29, 1986.
Known For
Dr. Zefram Cochrane
Star Trek: First Contact
Warden Hal Moores
The Green Mile
Prince Philip
The Queen
Captain Stacy
Spider-Man 3
Dr. Alfred Lanning
I, Robot
Cage
Romeo Is Bleeding
Dudley Smith
L.A. Confidential
Charles Keating
The People vs. Larry Flynt
George H.W. Bush
W.
Senator Ross
Species II
Judge Fielding
Snow Falling on Cedars
General Joseph Campbell
The General's Daughter
Priest
The Bachelor
Mr. Austen
Becoming Jane
President Fowler
The Sum of All Fears
Mr. Skolnick
Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love
Bob Gerson
Space Cowboys
Deputy Euclid
Tank
Gordon Knapp
Fail Safe
Marcel Cassette
Murder by Death
Alan Rittenhouse
Deep Impact
Self
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
The Colonel (voice)
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Farmer Arthur Hoggett
Babe: Pig in the City
William Donohue
Eraser
Warden Hazen
The Longest Yard
Schnell
The Cheap Detective
Farmer Hoggett
Babe
Mr. Müller
Explorers
Jack
Tortured
Adm. Rothman
The Rescue
Mr. Skolnick
Revenge of the Nerds
Walter "Shep" Shepherd
The Snow Walker
John Edgarson
A Slight Case of Murder
Brother Mathias
The Babe
Ray Speight
Blackball
Narrator
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
Nonno
The Education of Little Tree
Reverend Lohman
A Christmas Without Snow
Paul Devereaux
Avenger
Ogden Phipps
Secretariat
President Lyndon Baines Johnson
RFK
Howard Simons
A Lonely Place for Dying
William Randolph Hearst
RKO 281
Dr. Lionel Canter
Surrogates
Pope Pius XII
Pope Pius XII
Narrator
In Between Songs
MP 1
Project Viper
Clifton
The Artist
Officer Quick
The House of God
Hank Paulson
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
Terence Parker
Cowgirls n' Angels
Bud Vogel
Memorial Day
The Ancient Mariner
Hide Away
Haussman
Soldiers of Fortune
Craig Morrison
Still Mine
Dr. Carson
Nobody's Perfekt
Deputy Malcolm Rossiter Jr.
The Girl in the Empty Grave
Charlie Mulvihill
The Shaggy Dog
Self
Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil
Adam MacAdam
Owd Bob
Justice Sumpter
The Trials of Cate McCall
Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
Merry Little Batman
Countdown to Year Zero
B.J. Cocker
Miracle Landing
Professor Robert Callaghan (voice)
Big Hero 6
Chief Bludhorn
The Last Precinct
Deputy Malcolm Rossiter Jr.
Deadly Game
Mr. Skolnick
Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation
Bud
Prancer: A Christmas Tale
Self
Walking the Mile
Henry Morgenthau Sr.
The Promise
Frederick (Red King)
Get Lost
Judge Pounders
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
Mr. Skolnick
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
Harry Pepper
Barefoot In the Park
Self
50 Years of Star Trek
Grandfather
The Immortal
Ambassador at Large Roland Weymouth
China Beach: Pilot
The Judge
Marshall
Extra (uncredited)
Daddy Long Legs
Realtor
The Man with Two Brains
Dr. Abel Evergood
Night Vet
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Perfect Crime: Leopold & Loeb
Noah Curry
The Rainmaker
Narrator
Farm to Fridge
Benjamin Lockwood
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
King Leopold's Ghost
Bernard Mantee
Peeping Times
Joel Lynch
A Death in the Family
Joseph David Martin
The Laundromat
Virgil (voice)
Dante's Inferno
Uncle Phil
The Runnin' Kind
Major General Alexander A. Vandegrift / Fleet Admiral William Halsey
Beyond All Boundaries
Self - Interviewee
A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington
Self
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
Motel Desk Clerk
Pink Cadillac
John Brown
Emperor
Jack Bronson
Never Too Late
Self / Warden Hal Moores
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile
Self
The Artist: The Making of an American Romance
Himself
Hollywood as Character: The Locations of The Artist
Detective Blist
A Fine Mess
Self
Looking For Else
Francisek
The Wall
Self
La Classe américaine
Ghost of Christmas Future (uncredited)
A Carol Christmas
Priest
Oh, God! You Devil
Self
The John Garfield Story
Lt. George Hurley
Spraggue
Self
That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars
Judge
Rebel Ridge
Self
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
Major Amberson
The Magnificent Ambersons
The Clerk
Admissions
Self
The Making of 'The Queen'
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
116
Gender
Male
Birthday
1940-01-27
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As
Jim Crowell